Re: [boost] [GSOC] summary of .BigInt library details.

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSOC] summary of .BigInt library details.
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-01 10:48:39

On 1 April 2010 02:40, Bruno Lalande <bruno.lalande_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I'm still not sure to understand about basing the frontend on
> Boost.Proto. Could anybody precise how would Proto be used here, and
> what it would bring exactly?
>

For example, GMP has a function mpz_addmul(x,y,z) that we would rather
write as x += y*z;

My idea for the use of Boost.Proto is for its expression template
transformation features to rewrite the easy-to-use syntax to take
advantage of such optimized backend features.

[1] http://gmplib.org/manual/Integer-Arithmetic.html#Integer-Arithmetic